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Welcome to this week’s Statpack. It’s our weekly look at leaderboards for our all-encompassing player value stat, Total Points, and some the stats that our operations team charts throughout the season. Plus, we give you a look at how each matchup this week stacks up with head-to-head comparisons of the teams for their different units.

You can download the full set of stats above. You will get the most out of this e-mail if you download and study the PDFs linked above and read our commentary below.

Total Points Leaderboards

Highlights from the leaderboards in our flagship stat, Total Points, which attempts to measure everything that happens on the field (if you’re new to this, there’s a full primer here):

Think of this as a guide to who the most valuable players at each position are, as well as a power ranking as to which teams are faring best in different aspects of play.

Top 10 Teams Overall

Top 5 Offenses

Top 5 Defenses

Total Points Leaders: Quarterbacks

Total Points Leaders: Running Backs

Total Points Leaders: Wide Receivers

Total Points Leaders: Defensive Ends

Total Points Leaders: Linebackers

Total Points Leaders: Cornerbacks

Total Points Leaders: Safeties

Note: These rankings are based on unrounded totals which virtually eliminates ties between players or teams.

* The Colts, Chiefs, Broncos, and Bills hold the top four spots in the Total Points rankings but if you look at the PDF, you’ll see they’re separated by a fraction of a point and are all basically even. A lot of parity at the top.

* The Texans are 3-4 but they are 5th in our Total Points rankings. Houston has the No. 17-ranked offense but the No. 2-ranked defense AND ranks 4th in special teams, which vaults it over the logjam of other teams in the Top 10.

* Tucker Kraft is decisively the No. 1 tight end in football both in terms of Total Points (his 30 are eight better than anyone else) and Total Points Per 60 Plays (he’s at 4.6 - no one is within a point of him.

* If you’re trying to assess who the No. 1 safety in football is, it’s a good discussion. Talanoa Hufanga, Brandon Jones, Tykee Smith, .Ronnie Hickman, and Antoine Winfield Jr. are all within 1 point of each other in terms of Total Points Yep, the Broncos have the top two safeties in that stat.

* If you want to see the Total Points leaders among offensive linemen, defensive tackles, linebackers, kickers, and punters, download the PDF within the e-mail.

Charting Leaderboards

Leaderboards in various statistical categories based on video review by our staff, including long passes, yards after contact, pressures, and pressures above expectations.

Most Completions, Pass Attempts 20+ Yards Downfield

Most Receptions, Targets 20+ Yards Downfield

Most Yards After Contact (Rushing)

Most QB Pressures

Most Pressures Above Expectation

Lowest Completion Percentage (Cornerbacks)

Fewest Yards per Cover Snap (Cornerbacks)

* Drake Maye is crushing it on deep passes. He’s 15-of-21 with 5 touchdowns on passes thrown at least 20 yards downfield. His 71% completion percentage on those passes leads the NFL. He was 10-of-29 on those throws last season.

* Same subject, different QB. Jalen Hurts has an NFL-best 17 completions on passes thrown at least 20 yards downfield. He totaled 13 such completions last season.

* Yes, the number of games is uneven in some cases, but Jonathan Taylor leading in yards after contact by 150 yards is a heck of an accomplishment. He’s also averaging 4.1 yards after contact per rush, a huge jump from the 2.4 he averaged last season.

* Nik Bonitto is one of four players with a 22% pressure percentage this season, but he’s the most impressive among them in that his pressure percentage is 7.5 percentage points higher than his expected rate based on alignment and situation. The only player with a bigger gap between his pressure percentage and his expected pressure percentage is Jeffrey Simmons (8.7 percentage points higher).

Matchups and Mismatches

When we look at matchups by unit and compare the teams playing a particular game, there are intriguing matchups and mismatches each week. The Total Points PDF has this for each game in the NFL in a given week.

You can also find much of this information at the SIS DataHub Pro.

Here are some things we noticed:

(All references to rankings are in the context of Total Points Per Play)

* Chiefs-Bills is a game to circle for obvious reasons. It will be interesting to see how Kansas City defends the pass given that it ranks No. 1 in Pass Coverage and No. 9 in Pass Rush.

* Patriots-Falcons will be a good test for both team’s quarterbacks. The Falcons rank No. 4 in Pass Coverage, one spot ahead of the Patriots.

* A matchup to watch between the Bears and Bengals: The Bengals rank No. 2 in Rushing. The Bears are No. 2 in Run Defense.

* Daniel Jones and the Colts may be poised for a big day. The Steelers rank No. 31 in Pass Coverage. The Colts offense ranks No. 1 in Passing and No. 6 in receiving.

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